Imam Hu Songshan | |
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虎嵩山阿訇 | |
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| Title | Ahong |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1880 |
| Died | 1955 (aged 74–75) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Yihewani Hanafi Sunni islam |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Ningxia, China |
| Post | Imam and scholar of the Yihewani,[1][2] scripturalist,[3] theologian.[4] |
| Period in office | 1927–1955 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 虎嵩山 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 虎嵩山 | ||||||||||
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Hu Songshan (1880–1955), a Hui, was born in 1880, in Tongxin County, Ningxia, China. His Muslim name in Arabic was Sa'd al-Din (Arabic: سعد الدين Sa'd ad-Dīn; simplified Chinese: 赛尔敦丁; traditional Chinese: 賽爾敦丁; pinyin: sài ěr dūn dīng). Although he was born Sufi and turned Wahhabi, he changed his views and turned his back on Wahhabism after a Hajj to Mecca and later became an important imam, scripturalist, and leader of the Yihewani Muslim sect in China. He was influential and played an important role in Chinese Islam in this position as he propagated reformist doctrines in Ningxia in his later life. Hu also played a role in rallying Muslims against the Japanese invasion of China.[5]
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- ^ Lin, Chang-kuan (1991). Chinese Muslims of Yunnan, Southwest China, with special reference to their revolt 1855-1873, Volume 2. King's College, University of Aberdeen. p. 446. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ 海宝明 (26 May 2009). "著名经学家虎嵩山阿訇的爱国情". 中国民族报电子版. No. 第07版. p. 3. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2013.